Smart Inductive Generalizations are Abductions

@misc{citeulike:2693473, abstract = {This paper describes abduction as `inference to the best explanation' and argues that \"smart\" inductive generalizations are a special case of abductions. Along the way it argues that some good explanations are not proofs and some proofs are not explanations, concluding that explanations are not deductive proofs in any particularly interesting sense. An attractive alternative is that explanations are assignments of causal responsibility. Smart inductive generalizations can then be seen to be...}, author = {Josephson, J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2693473}, keywords = {abduction, ml-foundations, ml-philosophy}, posted-at = {2008-04-20 20:05:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Smart Inductive Generalizations are Abductions}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/josephson98smart.html} }

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